Is it possible drawing a rectangle with predefined size?

Dario Simcic

February 26, 2018 15:15

Hi,

 

could it be possible drawing a rectangle with predefined size or area using default draw commands or a workflow? 

 

I'm testing now on GE 4.9.1 and GVH 2.10.1.

 

The only way i found is using the advanced polyline measurement and snapping tools.

 

I create a new line measure, i click on a point in map, i move the cursor on the map  and wait the tooltip with measure data. After the creation of 4 line measures i can draw a rectangle using the snapping tool on the 4 points created before.

 

I'm searching a faster way, if exists.

 

Could it be possible also change the default size of the rectangle side in the advanded measurement tool (20.8 m)?

 

I have find no parameter inside the configuration file for this value.

 

Thanks for any suggestion...

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  Kevin Penner

  February 27, 2018 21:40

  Hi Dario,

   

  I did something recently where I made a rectable based on predefined length and width using workflow.

   

  What I did was let the user click an area where you place the rectangle. Then I took the click point, and added 100 using the x value to have two points. I then did a distance task to calculate the distance between the two points. From there I can calculate the aproximate distance which each map unit represents. Now it's easy to figure out how many units I need to add to each point to create a rectangle with specific dimensions. My calculations were within 1% accuracy when I passed the final shape into the measure area task.

   

  -Kevin

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  Permanently deleted user

  May 20, 2018 16:34

  The best way here is to get xy coordinates, add width and and length and then place the second point of MBR.

   

  -Abdul

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